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Inaugural “Faith in the Media” event convenes in London

On 2 July, Refcemi, the Coptic Orthodox Office for Advocacy and Public Policy, alongside communications agency Jersey Road, hosted an inaugural “Faith In the Media" event at The Sanctuary, St Andrew by the Wardrobe Church in London, inviting members of UK national press and UK church leaders to hear findings of “The Christianity in the Media 2025 report.” The “Faith in the Media” event aims to become an annual event that will provide a space to examine representation of faith in UK media, with its focus this year on Christianity.

07 July 2025

The United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, housed at the historic Palais des Nations, Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC

WCC has key involvement in 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is involved in many different aspects of the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council, currently convening in Geneva from 16 June to 9 July.

03 July 2025

Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, standing in front of a podium, speaking at Yonsei University in South Korea

At Yonsei University in South Korea, WCC reiterates critical importance of churches including young people

In an address to students at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, on 2 July, Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, spoke on “The Rise of Christian Far-Right Extremism and the Response of the Global Ecumenical Community.”

02 July 2025

The Rise of Christian Far-Right Extremism and the Response of the Global Ecumenical Community.

WCC shares insights on rise of Christian far-right extremism

During an ecumenical conference on 30 June in Seoul, South Korea, Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, shared a keynote speech on “The Rise of Christian Far-Right Extremism and the Response of the Global Ecumenical Community.”

01 July 2025

Ecumenical Refugee Programme in Greece: where strangers become brothers

Participants in the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) 60th meeting in Athens, Greece had a unique opportunity of encounter at the Ecumenical Refugee Programme “Synyparxis,” operating shelters for unaccompanied minors across Greece.

12 June 2025

WCC extends condolences to people of Graz in wake of school shooting

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is extending condolences to the people of the Austrian city of Graz, after 10 people died in a school shooting, along with the alleged shooter.

11 June 2025

WCC had input into 49th Session of Universal Periodic Review

The World Council of Churches (WCC) had input into the 49th Session of Universal Periodic Review, a process in which UN member states undergo a peer review of their human rights records.

06 June 2025

Adele Halliday, the Anti-Racism and Equity lead at The United Church of Canada, delivered a keynote speech entitled “The State of Racism and Anti-Black Racism in the World Today”, 19 May, Berlin, Germany, Photo: Anna Rozkosny/Bread for the World

“Friends in church, let’s talk…” about anti-Black racism

Adele Halliday, the Anti-Racism and Equity lead at The United Church of Canada, raised questions that served as touchstones for further conversation during an ongoing international conference “Berlin 1884–1885 and Anti-Black Racism: In Search of a Shared Anti-Racist Ecumenical Vision.”

06 June 2025

Dr. Joerg Rieger of Vanderbilt University delivered a keynote titled "Unite and Conquer in Order to Divide and Conquer: Religion, Race, and Class, and the Possibility of Solidarity in the US Then and Now", 19 May, Berlin, Germany, Photo: Anna Rozkosny/Bread for the World

Unite and Conquer in Order to Divide and Conquer: Rethinking Solidarity Across Race, Religion, and Class in the U.S. and beyond

At the World Council of Churches (WCC) conference in Berlin, where theologians, scholars, and faith leaders gather to reflect on religion’s role in a fragmented world, in May 2025, one of the main keynotes focused on the reframing of the perennial struggles over race, class, and power.

06 June 2025

Interview

Bishop Jonas Jonson with Acropolis of Athens in the background

Bishop Jonas Jonson: Speak peace and hope to people

How can churches maintain their prophetic and critical voice, at the same time speaking peace and hope to people? Why is unity among Christians still relevant today, and can we still trust international law and international organizations? Bishop Jonas Jonson speaks on the relevance of the 1925 Life and Work conference in Stockholm, which resulted in establishing both the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), recently gathered for its 60th meeting in Athens, Greece.

05 June 2025

To achieve racial justice, church must acknowledge past failures, keynote speaker urges

Yvonne Apiyo Brändle-Amolo, in a keynote speech titled “The Global Persistence of Anti-Black Racism and Role of the Church,” on 19 May, analyzed the enduring issue of anti-Black racism rooted in historical legacies of slavery and colonialism.

03 June 2025

Prof. Hulisani Ramantswana explores decolonizing the biblical narrative

Prof. Hulisani Ramantswana, a scholar from the University of South Africa, offered a keynote address, “Colonial Dynamics and the Impoverishment of Africa 140 Years after the Berlin Conference,” during an ecumenical gathering, “Berlin 1884–1885 and Anti-Black Racism: In Search of a Shared Anti-Racist Ecumenical Vision.”

02 June 2025

the international conference “Berlin 1884–1885 and Anti-Black Racism: In Search of a Shared Anti-Racist Ecumenical Vision”, 18 May, Berlin, Germany, Photo: Anna Rozkosny/Bread for the World

Shared anti-racist vision emerges from Berlin Conference

An international conference, “Berlin 1884–1885 and Anti-Black Racism: In Search of a Shared Anti-Racist Ecumenical Vision,” acknowledged that the deep wounds of colonialism carved 140 years ago are by no means healed—but that churches can reframe relationships in a radical, de-colonial manner.

02 June 2025

Message from Life and Work conference calls for renewed unity

A message from the Life and Work conference held in Athens made strong connections to the gathering’s historic counterpart in Stockholm in 1925 and, even further back, to the first Ecumenical Council in Nicaea 1700 years ago.

22 May 2025

Church of Greece, hosting WCC international affairs commission, extends warm welcome

With an ancient history, deep ties to the ecumenical movement, and extensive social programmes, the Church of Greece is a stalwart institution—as well as this week’s host for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs meeting.

22 May 2025

Sun shining in front of the church building

A dip into church history: from Nicaea, to Stockholm, to today’s challenging world

As the “Life and Work” centenary conference continued on 20 May in Athens, participants took a deep dip into church history, emerging with challenging questions and topics that will inform their ongoing discussions.

21 May 2025

WCC international affairs conference: “The time for God’s peace is now”

As a “Life and Work” centenary conference in Athens entered its second day, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs traveled back in time to consider the scene in Stockholm in 1925—then took a courageous look forward at the many serious global issues under consideration by churches today.

20 May 2025